Experience

I have more than thirty years experience in a wide range of company types, across a number of technology industries and in a variety of CxO leadership roles.  Below is a short summary of my background; I would welcome the opportunity to discuss in more detail how my experience is relevant in adding significant value to your business.

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Business Sectors and Customers

    • Mobile application and platform development for betting, gaming, entertainment, mapping & visualisation.
    • Big data analytics, media measurement and insight services for agencies, advertisers, publishers and service providers.
    • Mobile advertising platforms for publishers.
    • Embedded software and operating system licensing for mobile phone manufacturers and platform providers.
    • Digital signage and workplace optimisation solutions for retail, corporate and education.
    • Real time graphics and image processing for security and simulation.
    • Customers include: Vodafone, Cisco, Nokia, Samsung, Yahoo!, Telefonica, Orange, GroupM, Ogilvy, NTT DoCoMo, Betfair, Gamesys, Texas Instruments, Motorola, LG, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, BAA.

Core Competencies

    • Board level executive leadership focused on growth through business and market development, product management and sales & marketing.
    • Extensive experience of software licensing, marketing of professional services and business strategy definition & execution.
    • Corporate communications, PR, and public speaking.
    • Corporate fund raising.
    • Commercialising core intellectual property and product developments.
    • Technical background in leading edge hardware & software design and development

Achievements

    • 9x revenue growth in first year as CEO of startup.
    • Closed £2m funding round from four venture capital firms within three months of starting as CEO.
    • Closed multi-million dollar software licensing agreements with industry-leading, world class companies such as Nokia, Motorola and Texas Instruments.
    • Annual double-digit revenue growth in multi-million dollar mobile audience measurement business in Europe for US based global organisation.
    • Built $5m big data business in EMEA from scratch, leading international team and leveraging CxO relationships within global network operators.

Companies and Roles

    • CEO at ONELAN Limited, a privately held technology company providing visual communications solutions to the digital signage and workplace optimisation markets.
    • Chief Commercial Officer at eeGeo, a software technology company delivering a cloud based, 3D mapping and visualisation platform for interiors and exteriors.
    • Chief Sales Officer at Beatnik, Inc., a VC backed Silicon Valley based provider of software audio solutions to the wireless industry.
    • CEO at Rapid Mobile Media Ltd., a VC backed mobile marketing solutions company licensing software platforms to media owners and service providers.
    • Vice President, Telecoms at comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a public company delivering big data business analytics for audience measurement, advertising effectiveness, business analytics and mobile network subscriber analytics.
    • Vice President, Business Relationships at Symbian Ltd., a software licensing company owned by the wireless industry leaders which aimed to provide the standard mobile operating system platform for mobile phones.